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Published (in print) Books by William Jolitz
Operating System Source Code Secrets Volume 1: The Basic Kernel(With Lynne Greer Jolitz ). In this multi-volume series, William and Lynne examine the anatomy of an operating system. The heart of an operating system is the basic kernel. Like a human heart, the basic kernel provides a complex operating system a fundamental means to distribute resources to all other subsystems in order for them to function independently. Without the basic kernel, no other portion of the operating system can live. Among the most crucial of functions are: dynamic configuration; bootstrap and kernel program loading; memory allocation and management; process credentials and privileges; machine dependent elements (X86); system call, interrupt and exception handling; context switching; thread creation and destruction; process multiplexing; files and file descriptors; and UNIX and BSD API’s. In addition to its historical origins, the modularity and scalability of the complete kernel is discussed and how its future evolution impacts clustering, security, extensibility, and performance. Future scheduled volumes in this series will examine the virtual memory subsystem, the TCP/IP networking protocols, and Berkeley/WINSOCK sockets. Publisher: Peer-to-Peer Communications, Charlottesville, Virginia (1996). 530 pp. See also review
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